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Look what Martin Fennelly Antiques has put up for sale on-line: <a href='http://www.fennelly.net/Item.aspx?id=21074'>169 Sold Bronze - Generous - Race Horse - Limited Edition - Philip Blacker - Irish</a> <img src='https://file.4pm.ie/897/9490038a.jpg.142x95.png' alt='169 Sold Bronze - Generous - Race Horse - Limited Edition - Philip Blacker - Irish'/> 
This Magnificent Bronze by Philip Blacker is a Maquette of the full size bronze unveiled by the Queen at Epsom in 1995 of 'Generous' the famous Irish Race Horse.&nbsp;Generous, was a flaxen Chestnut horse and bred by the Barronstown Stud in County Wicklow, Ireland. He was foaled on 8 February 1988.Generous was sired by Caerleon (Nijinsky and Northern Dancer), an American-bred colt who won the Prix du Jockey Club and the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup in 1983 when trained in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien. In 1991 Generous won both the Epsom (5 lenghts) and the Irish Derby (3 lengths). His performances established him as one of the outstanding British racehorses of his era.
 
The genius of Philip Blacker's ability to capture the majesty of the horse is evident very much in this masterpiece. This Bronze is signed and numbered (9/9) with supporting paperwork. I am indeed very fortunate to have one of Philip's amazing scuptures in my Gallery on Francis Street and this sculpture which is on display draws many admirers and comment. 

Height 19&quot; (48.5cm) Width 26&quot; (66cm) Depth 5.5&quot; (14cm) Item Sold 
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Biography: Philip Blacker was born in 1949 and was educated in Dorset. On leaving school he became a steeplechase jockey and rode professionally for 13 years, during which he rode 340 winners and competed in The Grand National nine times. It was during this time that Philip developed his latent enthusiasm for sculpture. Under the guidance of Margot Dent, a former pupil of John Skeaping, he devoted as much time to sculpture as he could spare from his riding, and his first three editions, all racing bronzes based on The Grand National, sold out quickly. In 1982 he retired from the saddle to concentrate full time on sculpture from his Oxfordshire studio.
Philip&rsquo;s first one-man show was held at the Tryon Gallery, Cork St, London, in November 1983, and was hugely successful. Initially his work concentrated on capturing the authenticity and movement of horse racing subjects. Since his retirement from the saddle he has moved on to include a wider subject matter and to experiment with technique.
However, his ambition was to work on a grand scale and the opportunity came when he was commissioned to create a life-size sculpture of Red Rum for Aintree Racecourse. Philip has completed 26 further life-size or larger bronzes of horses, which now stand in Canada, Australia, France, Ireland, Barbados, Japan and the UK. In recent years, his life-size commissions have included sculptures of the triple Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Best Mate, Persian Punch for Newmarket Racecourse, a dressage horse for the New Equestrian Centre in Penang, Malaysia, and an 18 foot high sculpture of a stallion for Saudi Arabia.
Philip&rsquo;s private commissions include many household names &ndash; Bosra Sham, Danehill, Istabraq and Sariska. Philip&rsquo;s amazing talent has attracted private commissions from Coolmore Stud, JP McManus, Cheltenham Racecourse, Lady Bamford, Kirsten Rausing, Sheik Fahad al Thani, Lady Lloyd Webber, Newmarket Racecourse, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne Australia, Barbados Turf Club and others.
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